Halter



UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEGA HALTER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,957, dated July 14, 1885.

Application filed February 153, ISSS. (No model.)

To ail wwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ENOCH, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Halters, of which the following, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my halter, the same being shown on a horse to more clearly illustrate its use and operation. Fig. 2 is a detail showing the buckle or catch. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the buckle or catch, and Fig. 4 is an edge View of one of the metallic clips or fastenings I use in making the halter.

My invention relates to halters made of rope, and in which the pieces or parts are connected together with metallic clips; and my Objectis to provide a halter of simple and inexpensive construction ,and with improvedmeans for adjusting the same, all of which will hereinafter be described.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is the halter proper, consisting of a nosepiece, B, throat-latch C, which passes up and around behind the ears and forms the crownpiece, and two jaw-pieces, D D', respectively, the jaw-piece D being continuous with the throat-latch and crown-piece, and the jawpiece D being continuous with the nose-piece. A buckle or catch, E, is attached to the upper part of the halter at the junction of one of the jaw-pieces with the th roat-latch, as shown,thus making the throat portion of the halter adj ustable.

I make the halter Awith two pieces of rope, c and b, forming the nose-piece B and the jawpiece D' with the piece c, and the throat-latch C, crown-piece, and jaw-pieceD with the piece b, as shown. I connect the parts together with pieces of U-shaped iron or clips c c by laying each contiguous part or piece together in a clip, c, and compressing the clip, thereby securing a very effectual fastening. For clips I prefer to use wrought-iron ofthe shape in crosssection known as half-oval, as this iron when made into clips does not present any outward angular edges, and will not .scratch the animal wearing the halter.

I form the lower end of the throat-latch into a loop, F, by means of one or more ofthe metallic clips c. I make the nose-piece B of a size 'somewhat larger than commonly made, and draw the lower part of it through the loop F on the throat-latch. To this extension of the nose-piece I attach a ring, G, and a tie line or rope, H.

The buckle or catch E that I use in connection with the halter, and formingapart thereof, to make the halter adjustable, consists of plate d, having therein an opening, c, and a narrow elongation, e, ofthe said opening. I attach pivotally to the plate d, below its opening e e', a tongue, f, having a groove at its outer end. I make this pin or pivotfl of the tongue j' of a length sufiicient to project from the face ofthe tongue about half an inch, for the purpose I will hereinafter describe. The lower end of the plate d is bent and formed into the shape of a clip.

To attach this buckle or catch E to the halter, I bend that part ofthe rope b which forms the jaw-piece D and one side of the throat-latch around the pin f', and pass the rope through the clip on the plate d. I then bend or compress the points of the clip, thereby securing the rope very rmly in place.

Io operate or use this buckle E, the tongue f is turned to one side, and one end of the rope b is inserted through the opening e. The rope is then pushed up into the narrow opening e', which is narrower than the rope. The tongue f is then turned into a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby preventing the rope from slipping down,and as the rope is wedged into the narrow opening this buckle is very effective in holding the rope securely in place.

To use the halter, the part constituting the throat-latch and crown-piece is placed over and around the animals neck, at the same time placing the nose-piece around its nose. The throat-latch is then buckled and the nosepiece is tightened by pulling on its extension or the tie-line.

It will be perceived that my halter is simple of construction, inexpensive, and very effective. A horse in attempting to draw his head out of the halter will tighten it more securely by means of the draft on the nose-piecefrom the tie-line.

rIhe ring G, though perhaps preferable, is not an absolutely essential feature of my in vention, as the tie line or rope may belooped directly into the nose-piece B.

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Having thus described niy invention7 what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Ahalter inade of two pieces of rope, a and 5 b,andinwhichthepiecea constitutes the nosepiece B and the jaw-piece D', and the piece b constitutes the throat-latch, crown-piece, and jaw-piece D, the said pieces a and Z) being connected by means of metallic clips and the 1o tl1roat-iatch and nose-piece being looped7 substantially as specified, and for the purposes set forth.

2. A halter made of two pieces ot' rope, and in which are combined the piece (t, constitut- 15 ing the nose-piece and one of the jaw-pieces,

thepieceb7 eonstitutingthethroat-latch,crown piece, and the other of the jaw-pieces, the nose-piece and throat-latch being looped, the clips c c, and a buckle or catch for adjusting JOHN ENOCH.

lVitnesses:

F. F. WARNER, J. B. HALPENNY. 

